Clearing Charge(s) on Appearance Orders

Go to the Appearance Order screen to clear charges on appearance, waiting trial, or detention orders. To clear charges:

  1. To access this screen from the Main Menu, select Institutions Legal Orders Appearance Order.

  2. If necessary, locate the offender record in the Header block.

  3. Click Next Block twice to access the Charges block.

  4. Using the arrow keys, scroll to the charge to be cleared.

  5. In the Clr (Clear) field, enter the number of counts of this offence being dropped or cleared.

  6. Click Save. The status changes to Cleared.

After you save, the status of the charge (displayed next to the counts being cleared) changes from Active to Cleared. If there are multiple counts of a charge and not all the counts are cleared, the displayed status remains Active.


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